Struggling WA family win $40 million in second largest lotto prize

A struggling family from country Western Australia has won a $40 million lotto prize.

The unnamed family from Harvey, in WA's south-west, claimed the second largest lotto prize in the state's history after OZ Lotto's Tuesday night draw.

The father of the family, who did not want to be named, said he had been working seven days a week for a decade but had never been able to afford a home and never been given a loan.

"I was crying, shaking and bawling my eyes out all the way home," the man said.

"I've always wanted to secure a future for my children and take my wife shopping for a home we can actually call our own for the first time. Now we can do all that."

The man said he was looking forward to taking his family on a caravan holiday, flying business class, "and ordering room service when we stay in a hotel".

"We've been working 15-hour days, seven days a week for the last 10 years. We haven't been able to afford a house or a car and every time we have gone to the bank for a loan, it's been declined," the man said.